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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: using QuickTime compression
Message-ID: <0B01FFFB.hx0p0c@outpost.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jun 91 23:10:50 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
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In article <1991Jun11.181453.7921@athena.mit.edu>, captkidd@athena.mit.edu (Ivan Cavero Belaunde) writes:
> In article <0B01FFFB.hsyi3b@outpost.UUCP> peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce) writes:
> >I tried the following code fragment:
> >	cPict = (PicHandle) NewHandle(sizeof(Picture));
> >	if ((stat = CompressPicture(rPict,cPict,codecMaxQuality,'jpeg')) != noErr) {
> >		NumToString(stat,statStr);
> >		DebugStr(statStr);
> >	}
> 
> The codec type for JPEG compression is 'JPEG', not 'jpeg'.

This does the trick.  Now to get Apple to correct their documentation. :-)

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